A great night out with Joyce Andersen in concert

Thursday

Mar 28, 2013 at 3:15 AM

NOTTINGHAM — Seacoast’s own violin troubadour, Joyce Andersen, will be performing songs from the traditional to the psychedelic, as well as her originals (as heard on her acclaimed 2012 SWERVE CD) in her only seacoast area concert of the Spring. The Nottingham Community Church, a great room for music, will host Andersen as part of their concert series celebrating top notch “under-the-radar” music on Saturday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.Andersen has made her way from side-gal gigs in country, folk and bluegrass bands, a Celtic band that played Carnegie Hall, a rock band on the Conan O’Brien Show, Irish fiddle sessions and a gypsy jazz band, through countless collaborations and studio sessions to center stage as a powerful singer, creator and instrumentalist. After 4 solo singer-songwriter albums and 4 acoustic folk collaborations with Harvey Reid, Andersen has found a sound that is all her own as an “electro-acoustic fiddle troubadour” and has created an exciting new body of new music for solo violin and voice. Wire NH said her new solo CD will “forever alter your perception of the violin.” The Portsmouth Herald called her a “ folk/roots inspired songstress on one side, psychedelic shape-shifter on the other.” Whatever you call it, Joyce is definitely finding her own musical path, literally dancing with all four limbs as she takes the audience on a ride through genres and musical landscapes that emanate from her acoustic and electro-acoustic violin & vocal creations.

Nottingham Community Church is located at 106 Church St. Tickets are $20 door or $15 advance at revbenfowler@gmail.com and 207-351-1985.